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Sin tax not enough to fight NCDs, warns public health specialist

BY HORACE HINES Observer writer

April 4 12:30 AM

Sin tax not enough to fight NCDs, warns public health specialist

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Port Antonio Hospital gets two electronic beds; 10 more coming

BY EVERARD OWEN

April 4 12:28 AM

Port Antonio Hospital gets two electronic beds; 10 more coming

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IT IS FINISHED!

April 4 12:26 AM

IT IS FINISHED!

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Indian’s Jamaica stopover ends in court

April 4 12:16 AM

Indian’s Jamaica stopover ends in court

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JWN Foundation rolls out menstrual product dispensers in 17 schools

April 4 12:14 AM

JWN Foundation rolls out menstrual product dispensers in 17 schools

Dr Neville Graham pressing on with mobile clinics initiative

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Sad Easter as St Elizabeth family mourns drowning death of 9-y-o in tank

Police urge citizens to replace tank covering

April 3 09:09 PM

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A St Elizabeth family’s Easter took a tragic turn when a nine-year-old boy, in attempting to retrieve a ball, fell into a tank...

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Blair formally named political ombudsman

July 20, 2002

GOVERNOR-General Sir Howard Cooke yesterday formally announced the appointment of Bishop Herro Blair as political ombudsman-designate, confirming an O...

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Parliament approves bill to preserve Jamaica’s intellectual, cultural output

JIS

July 19, 2002

THE House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the Legal Deposit Act, 2002, which seeks to provide the legislative framework for the collection an...

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Blair appears before lawmakers

July 19, 2002

LONDON (AP) -- Faced with claims that he is an image-obsessed leader who ignores his Cabinet and spends too much time on "spin control," British Prime...

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Twin brothers wanted for murder

Observer Reporter

July 19, 2002

WESTERN BUREAU -- The Westmoreland police were yesterday searching for twin brothers who are wanted for questioning in connection with the brutal kill...

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Panday says investigation into account turned over to prosecutors

July 19, 2002

VALENCIA, Trinidad (AP) -- The independent Integrity Commission has completed an investigation into a former prime minister's London bank account and ...

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Plans advanced for Emancipation Jubilee

Observer Reporter

July 19, 2002

SEVILLE, St Ann -- Plans are well advanced for the annual staging of 'Emancipation Jubilee 2002' at the Seville Heritage Park, in St Ann, on Wednesday...

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Fugitive held in Mile Gully

Observer Reporter

July 18, 2002

BERKLEY Alex Hepburn, who is wanted in the United States for drug trafficking charges, was apprehended by the Fugitive Apprehension Team in Mile Gully...

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POLICE REPORTS…

July 18, 2002

Farmer burnt to death ALBERT Ellis, a 51 year-old farmer died in a fire which destroyed his one-bedroom house at John's Town Road, Port Antonio, Portl...

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CARIBBAEN ROUND-UP

RICKEY SINGH

July 18, 2002

Criminals threaten democracy, says top cop GEORGETOWN -- Criminals are posing a serious threat to democracy in Guyana, according to the country's poli...

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In search of gundy

Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content

July 17, 2002

A reader has asked the Foodpage to find out what has happened to that once spicy (not hot), tangy, delicious moreish Solomon Gundy. Yes, good old Solo...

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Small hotels, restaurants, attractions to receive grants by August

CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor

July 17, 2002

WITHIN the next month, small hotels, restaurants and attractions across the island will know which among them will benefit from a $5-million assistanc...

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Across Jamaica

July 17, 2002

Waterlane gets community centre WATERLANE, Clarendon -- A community centre constructed at a cost of $3.8 million was officially opened on July 12 in t...

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JLP, PNP fail to excite majority

Observer Reporter

July 17, 2002

NEARLY 60 per cent of Jamaica's potential electorate say that they have heard nothing workable or convincing from the Opposition to make them believe ...

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Jamaica’s music, sports, people on BBC in August

Observer Reporter

July 17, 2002

THE British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) will next month air a series of programmes on television, radio and online to mark Jamaica's 40th anniversa...

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Blair is political ombudsman

Observer Reporter

July 16, 2002

PRIME Minister P J Patterson is expected today to formally appoint Bishop Herro Blair as Jamaica's political ombudsman, senior government sources said...

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CARIBBEAN ROUND-UP

Ricky Singh

July 16, 2002

Guyanese political activist charged with treason GEORGETOWN -- March Benschop, one of the two Guyanese political activists on a police wanted list, ha...

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CARIBBEAN ROUND-UP

RICKEY SINGH

July 15, 2002

Armed bandits rob money dealers GEORGETOWN -- With armed robberies becoming a way of life in Guyana and the greater Georgetown area in particular, the...

Environment, News

Green hotel conference to be held here

July 15, 2002

THE practices of environmentally responsible Caribbean hotels will be in the spotlight at the 1st Annual Green Hotels Conference and Exhibition to be ...

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Sonia Jones out of prison

Observer Reporter

July 15, 2002

Attorney-at-law, Sonia Jones, who was sentenced to an 18-month prison term last year June was released from the Fort Agusta women's prison in St Cathe...

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Tighter security at Sumfest this year

Charmaine Clarke | Executive Editor, Regional Correspondents Network

July 15, 2002

MONTEGO BAY -- Determined to avoid a repeat of last year's bottle-throwing fracas that marred Dancehall night, Sumfest organisers have increased the n...

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Case for judicial review of Genius killing being heard by judges

PAT ROXBOROUGH, Observer court writer

July 15, 2002

A panel of three judges headed by Chief Justice Lensely Wolfe yesterday began to hear a renewed application for a judicial review of the circumstances...